Update: Woman Killed In Head-On Crash On Washington Avenue Identified

Update, 5:45 p.m., Bay City News:

A woman who was killed today in an early morning crash in San Leandro has been identified as 57-year-old Lomia Faumuina, according to the Alameda County coroner's bureau.

Faumuina was the passenger in a vehicle that was struck head on in
the 14500 block of Washington Avenue at about 2:30 a.m., according to San
Leandro police.

An officer had reported seeing a vehicle traveling at speeds up to 100 mph before hitting the victim's vehicle, police said. Faumuina was pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect's vehicle lit on fire after the driver was pulled out by first responders, police said.

The drivers of both vehicles were hospitalized and reported to be in serious condition. It was unknown if alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash,
which remains under investigation by San Leandro police.

Bay City News — A woman was killed and two others seriously injured when a speeding car crashed head-on into another car in San Leandro early Sunday morning, police said. 

A parked police officer in the 14500 block of Washington Avenue spotted a car heading south on the street at roughly 100 mph just after 2:30 a.m., according to police.

As the officer pulled out of the parking lot, the speeding car hit another car heading north on Washington Avenue, police said.

A man and a woman were found in the car heading north, and a man was in the speeding car, police said.

Other officers arrived at the scene and began helping the crash victims, according to police.

Officers pulled out the man from the car that had been speeding as it caught on fire. The officers extinguished the fire shortly after, police said.

The female passenger of the northbound car was pronounced dead at the scene. The two men were taken to a hospital and are in serious condition, police said.

It is unknown if alcohol or drugs were involved.

Police are investigating the crash. Washington Avenue, between
Floresta and Monterey boulevards, will remain closed until about 9 a.m.
today.